<p>Bump guys. Any more advice/comments?</p>
<p>You did a great job selling yourself with what ECs you have, but I actually don’t see anything that’s <em>mindblowing</em>–*I think you’d be best off if you were recruited</p>
<p>To be honest, I believe you have little chances in most of the school listed.</p>
<p>Your test scores is severely lacking. It’s definitely below the average threshold for those schools. I understand that you have decent EC, but think of all the applicants as a majority. They will have decent EC; they will have stellar scores.</p>
<p>You say that you want to major in CompSci. Have you taken AP CompSci in school or have any particular EC/Internship that deals with this specific field? If not, you’re lacking again.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to make you feel bad or discourage you, I’m just giving an honest assessment.</p>
<p>I don’t mind criticism, but yeah I haven’t taking AP Comp Sci or interned with any major software company 
Activision is about 30 min away but it’s kind of a hassle going there so I couldn’t intern with them. Thanks for the advice though! How about for Berkeley, USC, UCLA, and Carnegie Mellon? I understand Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT, and the Ivies are really tough.</p>
<p>You commented on my thread twice dude. Give me info or get lost.</p>
<p>Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT are high reaches. I will follow up with details when I have time, but I really suggest that you try at least, so long as you’re confident you’ll get fabulous letters of recommendation and a killer essay. Your personal essay, I believe, might as well end up being the main determining factor for your admissions with your above-average but not stellar resume. Getting your SAT scores beyond 2300 might give you some decent boosts too.</p>
<p>By the ways, do you have any community involvements (i.e. Volunteer work)? I believe someone asked before, but this is really important with many of your top schools, especially with Stanford -and Caltech maybe.</p>
<p>P.S. Your SATII Lit score… Ouch! Don’t submit it if possible.</p>
<p>Okay thanks! Yeah I do have volunteer work through Key Club and Interact at local elderly homes and in the community, and I also coach tennis during the summer.</p>
<p>Caltech, MIT, and Stanford are high reaches for anyone, including you. </p>
<p>I’m not sure how a 3.92 is low, though a 4.35 is a lower weighted than I’d expect with that unweighted. (Cries in corner with 3.77/4.3ish). 3.92 isn’t perfect, but it’s still great. The EC’s are a bit scattered. (Also, what does pi club do? I’m quite curious.)</p>
<p>Also, the lack of experience in your major might be a problem. You should probably try to address it in your essay, by explaining what informal experience you have, and why you know you want to study a subject you don’t have much experience in. That said, you do have an edge as a female compsci major.</p>
<p>Wait. You never said you were female. </p>
<p>This is awkward .</p>
<p>Don’t worry xP. I’m male but yeah I agree with what you say. Pi Club is basically a math club where we help tutor students, and we also bake pies. Thanks for the advice! I have wanted to major in Comp Sci since I was young (around 4 or 5 years old), but I never really had the opportunity to learn more about this field.</p>
<p>Hello everyone. I have reapd the chances you gave this poster and it seems y’all know what your talking about. Could y’all do the same for me?</p>
<p>I’m just looking for some insight on where I may stand for some schools</p>
<p>I am a white male from New York and both parents went to college. I do not have legacy anywhere I am applying.</p>
<p>Public school very competitive</p>
<p>Gpa 92, aproxx top 20%-25%
Sat: 610 reading 630 math 670 writing (still trying to improve)
Various AP and college level courses : English, psych, physics, Italian, honors calc</p>
<p>Significant extra ciriculars include:
Habitat for humanity club founder
Nation, Italian, and science honor societies
Boys state delegate
Peer leadership program</p>
<p>Significant leadership opportunities include:
Peer leadership program
Habitat for humanity club president
Club soccer team captain
Jv soccer and lacrosse captain
Applied for an ROTC scholarship
Potentially varsity track captain
Boys state delegate</p>
<p>Athletics:
Bunch of varsity letters for soccer and track, club soccer since grade school, jv captancies, club soccer capt</p>
<p>Volunteering:
Habitat for humanity
Volunteer at a hospital
Tutoring</p>
<p>Honors and awards:
National, science, and Italian honor societies
National Latin exam honorable mention twice
High honor role every semester
Few track medals
Sportsmanship award for club soccer</p>
<p>I have applied for an ROTC scholarship just in case west point doesn’t work out, so insight on that wood be great too.</p>
<p>Colleges in order: west point, wake forest, Suny geneseo, Ohio state, Suny Binghamton, Delaware st university</p>
<p>Any help is greatly appreciated. Just trying to get a sense of where I stand</p>
<p>I think you’ve got good shots at all these, especially Ohio State. Sorry I’m not too familiar with these schools though.</p>
<p>MWebby:</p>
<p>National Italian Honor Society? AATI contests, by chance? </p>
<p>I think you’re in to all those schools. If you raise your SAT scores, I think you can shoot a lot higher, though I understand those choices if money is a big factor. </p>
<p>West Point is pretty competitive, but I don’t know how their admissions works (other than that it’s congressional nomination) so I can’t chance you for that.</p>
<p>Thanks for your insight guys</p>
<p>Okay, so I just got 2130 (660 CR, 710 M, 760 W) and superscored 2150 (680 CR (1st try), 710 M, 760 W). I know this isn’t great, but would it kind of improve my chances at say like Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, or Brown?</p>
<p>Bump 10 char</p>
<p>Bump guys! Anyone?</p>
<p>Guys can anyone tell me my new chances at CMU, USC, UCLA, Berkeley, Brown, Cornell, and Rice specifically. My chances for Stanford and some of the others haven’t gone up, but with the 2130 (2150 superscore), will my chances at the schools I mentioned increase?</p>
<p>Guys I need feedback. I’m sorry if I am annoying anyone but just give me any criticism or comment.</p>
<p>Bump guys. I’m going to take the November SAT to try to get above 2150 superscore (2130 October sitting). What would my chances be for the schools I mentioned?</p>